Improvement in dutch harness-collars



a. LANG & H. SACKMANN. DUTCH HARNESS COLLAR.

No.179,800. Patented July 11. 1876.

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GEORGE LANG AND HINRIOH SAOKMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT INDUTCH HARNESS-COLLARS. 7

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,800, dated July 11,1876; application filed J nne 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE LANG and HINRICH SAoKMANN,both of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Dutch Collars, which improvement is fully set forth inthe following specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of our improvement.Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section in the planets00, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows the stiflening-rib detached. Fig. 5 is a frontview of the lining.

Similar letters indicate eorrespondin g parts.

O'ur improvement is especially adapted to that class of collars havingelongated ears on the opposite sides thereof for the attachment of thetraces of a harness; and it has for its object to so construct suchcollars as to obviate the contact thereof with the throat of a horse. Tothis end it consists in providing the collar with a pocket at the frontedge, and near its lower part, for the reception of a stiff. ening-rib,by which a convex shape is given to that part of the collar incross-section, and by this means the least possible extent of the innersurface of the collar is allowed to come in contact with the horsesbreast, while his throat remains entirely 'free, the said pocket beingconstructed out of the lining of the collar, as hereinafter fullyspecified.

1n the drawing, the letter A designates the body of a horse-collar, fromthe opposite sides of which project elongated ears B B, which are eachprovided with a buckle, (J, or equivalent device, for the attachment ofa trace.

part thereof being flattened, as at a, and being provided with holes,whereby it is riveted or sewed to the collar. The said rib D is inclosedin a pocket, 1), formed at the outer edge of the collar, and which isformed by turning the lining over the rib at that point and fasteningthe same under the top piece 0, the inner end of the lining being alsofastened under this top piece. lining over the rib D, so as to form thepocket b, we make the lining of two pieces of leather, 1 2, or othersuitable material, (see Fig. 5,) which pieces are counterparts of eachother,

and are united at right angles at the lower end,as at 3. By thus unitingthe pieces 1. 2 at the lower end, the edge 4 thereof, which constitutesthe forward edge of the lining, is' rendered longer than the other edge,5, after the lining has been united at the top end 6,

and hence such edge 4 can readily be turned over the stiffening-rib D.By the application of the stiffening-rib D to the front edge of thecollar a convexity is imparted thereto, whereby only the rear portion ofthe inner surface is permitted to come in contact with the horse onwhich the collar is plaeed,the front or stiffened edge being distendedby the action of the rib D, and hence the throat of the horse is leftfree of contact With the collar.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

ADutch horse-collar provided with a pocket around its outer edge, formedby a double lining, and adapted to receive the stiffening-rib D,substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsand seals this 1st day of June, A. D. 1876.

GEORGE LANG. ts HINRIOH SAGKMANN. [n s.]

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, OHAs. WAHLERS.

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